The ketogenic diet has been used in the treatment of intractable childhood epilepsy since
the 1920s. A systematic review of the efficacy, adverse reactions, and costs associated with�…

Objectives. To systematically review and synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of
the ketogenic diet in reducing seizure frequency for children with refractory epilepsy. Data�…

The evidence base for the efficacy of the ketogenic diet was assessed among pediatric
epileptic patients by application of a rigorous statistical meta-analysis. Nineteen studies from�…

Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for determining if the ketogenic diet is an effective
treatment for epilepsy. Methods: A literature review of published data over the past 80 years�…

Objective: To report the efficacy and tolerability of the ketogenic diet (KD) in refractory
paediatric epilepsy. Methods: Twenty‐six consecutive children were treated with the�…

There has been renewed interest in the ketogenic diet in the treatment of medically
refractory seizure disorders in childhood. This article reports the results of a retrospective�…

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the ketogenic diet (KD) during the first 4
months of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in refractory epilepsy patients aged 1–18�…

Objective. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet developed in
the 1920s for the treatment of children with difficult to control seizures. Despite advances in�…

Objective To determine the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in multiple centers. Design A
prospective study of the change in frequency of seizures in 51 children with intractable�…

Background The ketogenic diet has been widely and successfully used to treat children with
drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of the�…